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Batsu is a hot-blooded, foul-mouthed, impulsive young fighter. Nonetheless, he has a strong sense of justice and a kind heart. He is often misunderstood due to his forward and rough personality. In Rival Schools: United by Fate, Batsu is a transfer student in Taiyo High and is searching for his mother. Hinata Wakaba and Kyosuke Kagami join him on his search. Batsu eventually finds out that the person responsible is his long-lost father, Raizo Imawano. His ending in the game reveals he saves his mother and makes peace with his father.

In Project Justice, Batsu is hit with accusations that he is responsible for a new wave of attacks on local schools. The Taiyo High story illustrates two possible fates for Batsu; either he fights off the allegations with the help of Pacific High School students, or he disappears for a period of time until he returns with increased fighting power. The later version of Batsu is known as "Burning Batsu" (also playable in the game).

           

         
 

Updated: May 15th, 2013
Clearly "The Ryu" of Rival Schools, Batsu is an interesting Japanese schoolboy stereotype from Capcom. On top of his solid and straight-forward "shoto-like" fighting style, his fiery personality and crazy widows peak hairline makes him an instant badass, perfect for main protagonist of Rival Schools! Also worth mentioning, Batsu's voice actor (Nobuyuki Hiyama), truly defines the design. I don't know what the hell he's saying half the time, but whatever he says sounds friggin awesome. xD Batsu's epic return in Tatsunoko VS Capcom was well done; I'm glad he finally made a comeback... although, there are a few other Rival Schools series characters I would've rather seen make the cut... especially since Ryu was already in TVC. I'm not complaining though; it was definitely cool to see Batsu and Ryu team up for the first time ever! ;)
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